6 THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT The lofty Wasatch mountains, just east of the valley, afford excellent opportunities for the study of natural science. Near the city limits is located one of the largest and most complete power plants in the country, where students of physical science have the privilege of studying the generation and transmission of electricity, and within an hours drive is a large sugar factory in which are employed the most recent chemical processes of extracting and purifying beet sugar. A public library, containing several thousand bound volumes and the leading magazines of the country, is kept open daily. Opportunities are frequently offered to hear speakers, actors, and singers of national reputation. Hence students who attend the schools of Ogden have many advantages not enjoyed by those studying in institutions less favorably situated. BUILDING. The Academy Building with its classical front stands on Jefferson avenue, facing Ogden's most beautiful park. It is an imposing two-story structure, sufficiently large to accomodate three hundred students. The halls and class rooms are commodious, well lighted and thoroughly ventilated. They are amply furnished and provided with steam heat, electric lights, and modern conveniences. On the first floor are the Principal's office, the Commercial and Preparatory Departments, the Chemical and Natural History Laboratories, and class rooms. On the second floor are the Art Gallery, Recitation rooms, Library, and large Assembly Hall. LABORATORY. The laboratory is well equipped with apparatus to illustrate the courses offered in physics and chemistry. The most important items are a Wimhurst electrical machine, a Becker analytical balance with weights of precision, a Ruhmkorff coil and movable coils, electric motor, Wheatstone bridge, rheostat, Geissler tubes, adjustable inclined plane, lifting and force pumps, galvanometer, electromagnet, sonometer, lenses, chemical thermometers, etc. LIBRARY. The library is a neatly furnished and well-lighted room ad-joining the assembly hall. The shelves contain a number of valuable works of reference and the tables are supplied with the leading newspapers of the state. During the past year the num- WEBER STAKE ACADEMY. 7 ber of volumes was increased by about one hundred and fifty, and-additions are continually being made through contributions and purchase. ADMISSION AND POLICY. The Academy is open to students of both sexes, and of all nationalities and religious denominations. Candidates for admission must be of good moral character, and signify their intention to yield obedience to all the rules and regulations of the institution. The aim of the Academy is to provide an education which includes spiritual culture, as well as mental and physical training. Theology is prescribed in all the courses, and the Bible and other standard works of the Church are systematically studied. The great truths they contain are emphasized with the view of creating faith in the minds of the students and a deep sense of moral responsibility in all their duties of life. Students of other religious denominations may be excused from taking theology by proper application to the principal. PREPARATION. Candidates for admission to the Preparatory Course must have completed the Sixth Grade as prescribed in the public schools, and must present to the committee on credentials and entrance examinations, satisfactory evidence of their promotion, or pass an examination in the studies of said grade. Students presenting a certificate of graduation from the eighth grade of the public schools will be admitted without examination to the High School or the Normal Courses of the Academy. Students above public school age, deficient in some of the branches of the grades will be given special consideration. No student pursuing the higher courses will be allowed to register for more than six regular studies, nor will changes in registration be permitted except by a special vote of the faculty. EXPENSES. In order to be in harmony with the leading institutions of the State, the tuition fee system has been abolished, and an entrance fee of ten dollars established. For the Commercial Course and for the course in Phonography and Typewriting an additional fee of ten dollars has been added to cover the extra expenses involved in giving these courses.